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http://www.businessinsider.com/ap-former-gop-congressman-grabbing-my-musket-if-trump-loses-2016-10Former Republican congressman: 'I'm grabbing my musket' if Trump loses the electionhttp://www.businessinsider.com/ap-former-gop-congressman-grabbing-my-musket-if-trump-loses-2016-10
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<p><img style="float:right;" src="http://static3.businessinsider.com/image/4e7b8367eab8eaa830000003-400/joe-walsh-speech-922.jpg" alt="Rep. Joe Walsh" data-mce-source="Flickr/ Gage Skidmore" data-link="http://www.flickr.com/photos/gageskidmore/5452909326/"></p><p>CHICAGO (AP) — A former Republican congressman from Illinois says he plans to grab his musket if GOP nominee Donald Trump loses the presidential election.</p>
<p>Former U.S. Rep. Joe Walsh tweeted Wednesday afternoon : "On November 8th, I'm voting for Trump. On November 9th, if Trump loses, I'm grabbing my musket. You in?"</p>
<p>Walsh later said on Twitter that he was referring to "acts of civil disobedience."</p>
<p>Walsh told WMAQ-TV that the reference to a musket was a metaphor. He says if Trump loses, "we're going to protest and boycott and practice civil disobedience. We may start a third party."</p>
<p>The politician-turned-radio host has made inflammatory comments on Twitter in the past. He told President Barack Obama to "watch out" on Twitter in July after five police officers were killed in Dallas.</p>
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On November 8th, I'm voting for Trump.<br><br>On November 9th, if Trump loses, I'm grabbing my musket.<br><br>You in? </p>— Joe Walsh (@WalshFreedom) <a href="https://twitter.com/mims/statuses/791369493809201152">October 26, 2016</a>
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Wed, 14 Jan 2015 16:44:00 -0500Colin Campbell
<p><img style="float:right;" src="http://static1.businessinsider.com/image/54b6dedc6da8112e311a58d0-600-/joe%20walsh%201.png" border="0" alt="joe walsh 1" width="600"></p><p>Former Rep. Joe Walsh (R-Ill.) said in a tweet that he hopes jihadists target US television networks that refused to show cartoons mocking the prophet Muhammad.</p>
<p>"Let's hope that when the Islamists next strike they behead the appeasing cowards at CNN, MSNBC, etall who refused to show the cartoons," Walsh <a href="https://twitter.com/WalshFreedom/status/555439146253426688">tweeted Wednesday afternoon</a>.</p>
<p>Walsh, who lost his reelection bid in 2012 and is now an often-controversial radio host, was reacting to the many mainstream outlets that decided not to publish the new cover of Charlie Hebdo, the French satirical magazine that was the site of a brutal massacre last week. Prior to the attack, Charlie Hebdo infuriated many Muslims for its depictions of Muhammad. This week's defiant cover, the first after the incident, again features an image of the prophet. The gunmen, who killed several staffers at the Charlie Hebdo headquarters in Paris, made statements indicating the cartoons motivated the attack.</p>
<p>Pressed on his controversial take, Walsh did not back down. In another tweet, he insisted CNN and MSNBC were putting more lives in danger by not embracing the Charlie Hebdo cover.</p>
<p>"Islamists dont take orders from me and they'll inevitably strike again, and cowards continue to empower them. Get f---ing serious," he wrote.</p>
<p>Here are more of his tweets on the subject:</p>
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Oh, The Blaze is upset by what I said? Okay, guess there'll be a "You Won't Believe What Joe Said Now" post. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/AwfulClickBait?src=hash">#AwfulClickBait</a> </p>— Joe Walsh (@WalshFreedom) <a href="https://twitter.com/mims/statuses/555446369671184384">January 14, 2015</a>
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Get real. I don't hope for another act of terror but I know it will happen. And the appeasing cowards at CNN etal only endanger all of us. </p>— Joe Walsh (@WalshFreedom) <a href="https://twitter.com/mims/statuses/555452958230732801">January 14, 2015</a>
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I'll say it again. Islamists have declared war on us and the appeasing cowards at CNN, MSNBC, etal will get more innocents killed. </p>— Joe Walsh (@WalshFreedom) <a href="https://twitter.com/mims/statuses/555464003980636160">January 14, 2015</a>
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Thu, 05 Jul 2012 17:24:14 -0400Elena Schneider
<p>Republican Congressman&nbsp;<strong>Joe Walsh</strong>&nbsp;got into a shouting match with <a class="hidden_link" href="http://www.businessinsider.com/blackboard/cnn">CNN</a> host Ashleigh Banfield this afternoon as Walsh doubled down on controversial comments he made about his Democratic challenger&nbsp;<strong>Tammy Duckworth.&nbsp;</strong></p>
<p><strong></strong>Walsh, who is facing a tough election after Illinois' redistricting, has come under fire this week for saying that Duckworth, a former Blackhawk helicopter pilot and&nbsp;double-amputee war veteran, <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/07/03/joe-walsh-tammy-duckworth_n_1646793.html" target="_blank">is&nbsp;</a><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/07/03/joe-walsh-tammy-duckworth_n_1646793.html" target="_blank">not a "true hero"</a>&nbsp;because she has made her military experience central to her campaign.</p>
<p>Asked today if he regrets his comments,&nbsp;Walsh vigorously shook his head, and said, <strong>"Oh, God no...I'm not going to back down from anything."</strong></p>
<p>"No, Ashleigh, this wasn&rsquo;t a slip-up," he continued. "I don&rsquo;t regret anything I said. Understand me: Every man and woman who&rsquo;s worn the uniform is a hero in my book. I&rsquo;ve said that thousands of times.&rdquo;</p>
<p>Quickly, the two started loudly talking over each other for several minutes. Banfield, clearly fed up, finally tried to put Walsh in his place: "Congressman, do you want to hear it, or do you just want to rail on me?"</p>
<p>But Walsh definitely didn't get the message.</p>
<p>Watch the entire clip below, <a href="http://2012.talkingpointsmemo.com/2012/07/ashleigh-ashleigh-joe-walsh-digs-in-on-duckworth-flap.php?ref=fpnewsfeed">courtesy of Talking Points Memo</a>:</p>
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Wed, 09 Nov 2011 14:54:00 -0500Glynnis MacNicol
<p>This is pretty amazing.</p>
<p>Gawker picked up a <a class="hidden_link" href="http://www.businessinsider.com/blackboard/youtube">YouTube</a> video of Rep. <strong>Joe Walsh</strong> (R-IL), who was elected into office on the Tea Party wave of 2010 and has spent much of his time since doing cable news spots and fending of child support lawsuits -- yelling at constituents at at recent town hall.</p>
<p>Yes, actually yelling.&nbsp; Freaking out, yelling:</p>
<p>"Quiet for a minute. Quiet for a minute. QUIIIEEETTTTT for a minute! Or I'm gonna ask you to leave. You need to listen, or I'm gonna ask you to leave."</p>
<p>Not that long ago this sort of video would quickly end a politician's career.&nbsp; However, in this new age of Herman Cain it's entirely possible this clip will make Walsh eligible for the 2012 VP spot.</p>
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Thu, 22 Sep 2011 15:17:00 -0400Jon Terbush
<p><img style="float:right;" src="http://static6.businessinsider.com/image/4e7b74d26bb3f77d26000021/rep-maxine-waters.jpg" border="0" alt="Rep. Maxine Waters" /></p><p>Between Chris Lee's <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/blackboard/craigslist" class="hidden_link">Craigslist</a> escapades and Anthony Weiner's sexting, Congress has seen some high-profile ethical lapses this year.</p>
<p>While Lee and Weiner's transgressions cost them their seats, some of their colleagues have had better luck weathering scandals &mdash; including bribery scandals, tax fraud, letting an aide who once stabbed his girlfriend handle "women's issues."</p>
<p>Their offenses are detailed in the&nbsp;<a href="http://www.crewsmostcorrupt.org/mostcorrupt">seventh annual list of the most corrupt members of Congress,</a> released by the government watchdog Citizen's For Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW)</p>
<p>This year's list features a number of repeat offenders, as well as some freshman legislators who've already gotten themselves into dicey legal problems.</p>
<p>All told, CREW identified 14 lawmakers who engaged in well-documented, egregious acts in the past year. Questionable behavior from years past didn't count &mdash; which accounts for Charlie Rangel's conspicuous absence from the following list.</p><h3>Rep. David Rivera (R-FL)</h3>
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<p><p><strong>CREW's Charges: </strong>Alleged involvement in a money laundering scheme to funnel money to himself, his family, and his friends through a dog track and his mother's consulting firm. He also lied repeatedly on financial disclosure forms.</p>
<p><strong>The story: </strong>Rivera is caught up in a huge scandal centered around Florida's push to approve slot machines, a scandal so big it has the FBI, IRS, state, and local authorities all looking into Rivera's dealings and finances. In short, Rivera worked on a pro-slots campaign for a dog track that paid more than $500,000 to a shady consulting firm founded by his mother. Rep. Rivera received $132,000 in loans from the firm while working on that campaign, though he did not disclose any income from the dog track, raising suspicions of tax fraud. Investigators are also probing unusual payments between Rivera's campaign and his mother's company.</p>
<p>On top of all that, Rivera repeatedly said in disclosure forms that his main source of income outside of his job as a state legislature came from USAID. Yet when a Florida newspaper asked USAID about the claim, the agency said Rivera had never worked for them.</p></p>
<br/><br/><h3>Rep. Gregory Meeks (D-NY)</h3>
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<p><p><strong>CREW's Charges: </strong>Accepting improper loans; having ties to charities under federal investigation; and taking vacations paid for by a banker indicted in a Ponzi scheme.</p>
<p><strong>The story: </strong>Meeks is under federal investigation into allegations that he used several non-profit groups for his own financial gain. One such group mysteriously misplaced money donated to assist victims of Hurricane Katrina.</p>
<p>Meeks has also received several loans over the years that he failed to note on his financial disclosure forms until investigators started asking questions about his campaign finances. Meeks also bought a new home from a major campaign donor in 2007 at a rate well under market value.</p>
<p>To top it off, Meeks went on a number of Caribbean cruises paid for by a nonprofit group backed by banker and major Meeks donor R. Allen Stanford. In 2009, Stanford was indicted for running a Ponzi scheme.</p></p>
<br/><br/><h3>Rep. Maxine Waters (D-CA)</h3>
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<p><p><strong>CREW's Charges: </strong>Arranging meetings between Treasury officials and OneUnited Bank, a bank she had a big financial stake in. The House Ethics Committee is investigating the matter.<strong></strong></p>
<p><strong>The story: </strong>Waters and her husband<strong>, </strong>Sidney Williams<strong>, </strong>separately owned hundreds of thousands of dollars in stock in OneUnited<strong>. </strong>Waters sold her shares in 2004, but her husband kept much of his when he sat on the bank's board form 2004 to 2008, leaving with a $350,000 stake in the company. When the economy tanked, Waters&nbsp;asked Treasury officials to stave off OneUnited's collapse, and<strong></strong> arranged a series of meetings without disclosing her ties to the bank. OneUnited ultimately received $12 million in TARP funds, which it had failed to pay back as of Oct. 2010.<strong><br /></strong></p></p>
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